Little AFTT - I collected the seeds by myself in India in March 2001 and this is what we got now... (Dec 24/2001)

AFTT in Goa/India 3/2001

AFTT Seedpods - Goa/India

Seeds

Spathodea leaves in Helsinki Botanical - 16.3.2002

My Spathodea - 9.3.2002

Leaf of an 1,5 years old seedling - 10.10.2002

My plant 2.9.2002

Spathodea leaf...Dubai, United Arab Emirates Zone11

Spathodea.. March 2003 Dubai UAE zone 11

March 2003 Dubai UAE zone 11

A close up of the flower
Dubai UAE
March 2003

A distant view of the spectacular flowers against a green backdrop!
Dubai UAE zone 11
April 2003

Yellow Spathodea blossoms
Dubai UAE zone 11
April 2003

THis is how these trees look in Southern California... they get about 30\\\' tall at the tallest, but most get frosted often enough that they stay shorter. This is mid summer and blooms haveing occured yet... another month

This young tree blooms beatifully (as opposed to the "real" tulip tree (Liriodendron) which needs more patience :-)

Very short tree (2m tall)`blooming in late autumn. Rio de Janeiro.

I found this gelatinous substance between the calyx and the tube and I don't know what it is. Rio.

Started this tree from a 10-inch rooted cutting. Blooms regularly now.

spathodea campanulata

Taken on Maui's "road to Hana"

San Jose del Cabo, Mexico February 2005

San Jose del Cabo, Mexico February 2005

San Jose del Cabo, Mexico February 2005

Egypt , March 2005, other trees were in full bloom at this time of year.

Here are two African Tulip trees, one red and one yellow. San Diego Zoo

Photo taken at Miramar Wholesale Nurseries, San Diego, Calif. where this tree can be purchased.

looking down onto a 60' + tree from tall bridge in Hawaii

invasive 'weeds' covering the hillsides of Hawaii

showing overall height of tree in Hawaii

African Tulip Tree, Flame of The Forest, Fountain Tree, Firebell (Spathodea campanulata) can be found in large numbers in Maui.

In spite of its young age, this Spathodea is already blooming well.

Detail of the flowers, early October, Rabat Morocco

Close up of the flower stalk

African Tulip Trees (Spathodea campanulata) are so numerous parts of Maui (rainforest regions especially) that from the air, when blooming, they mix in a red tinge to all of the green as seen here. (Aerial photo taken through a helicopter's glass window. Somewhere near the Hana Highway, Maui, Hawaii. October, 2007)

Casa Quinta de Bolívar. Photo courtesy of Karl Gercens. Copyright Karl Gercens, an expert horticulturalist and plant enthusiast who gives lectures and classes around the USA as well as at Longwood Gardens. Conservatory Horticulturist at Longwood Gardens. Learn more about him and his love of all things horticulture at http://www.karlgercens.com/